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Lesson 2
Medical Term. Lesson 2: Integumentary Root terms A - O and Digestive Root Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nail beds |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo | itching |
| psora | itch |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| chole | bile; gallbladder |
| colon | large intestine |
| emesis | vomiting |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| ile | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| procto | anus; rectum |
| pyloro | pylorus; gatekeeper |
| stoma | opening; mouth |
| viscero | body organs |
| cutitis | skin inflammation |
| dentiform | toothlike |
| dermatology | skin, study of |
| parapsia | touch disorder |
| odontoprisis | teeth grinding |
| oncology | tumors, study of |
| onychitis | nail bed, inflammation |
| pediculosis | lice, condition of |
| pruritis | itching inflammation |
| psoriasis | itch, condition of |
| carcolysis | flesh decomposing |
| sclerogenous | hardening tissue |
| squamous | scalelike |
| trichoid | hairlike |
| cholecystectomy | gallbladder excision |
| colitis | large intestine inflammation |
| emetic | produces vomit |
| enteritis | intestinal inflammation |
| gastritis | stomach inflammation |
| glossopathy | tongue disease |
| hepatitis | liver inflammation |
| ileitis | ileum inflammation |
| laparotomy | abdomen incision |
| myxoma | mucus tumor |
| proctology | study of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus |
| pylorostenosis | pyloric narrowing |
| stomatitis | mouth inflammation |
| visceromegaly | enlarged abdominal organs |